Victor Reader Stream

1 Getting Started

Welcome to Victor Reader Stream!  The full User Guide is built into the Stream and can be accessed anytime by pressing and holding key 1.

This Getting Started book is only a few minutes long. It will play automatically when you power on the Victor Reader Stream. If you no longer wish to hear this Getting Started book, you can remove this book by pressing key number 1 on the front face of the Stream. Key 1 is the Stream bookshelf key. After pressing key 1, press key 6 multiple times until you hear “Getting Started with Victor Reader Stream”. Then press key 3 to delete this book. The Stream will ask you to press Confirm to delete. The Confirm key is to the right of key 0 and marked with a pound sign.

To get started:

1. Hold the player with the rounded end nearest you. The power button is on the left side of the player at the top.
2. Press and hold this power button to turn on the player.  You will hear a beep and a Welcome message.  If the player does not power on, the battery may need to be charged.
3. To charge the battery, insert the power adapter into a wall outlet and the other end into the Stream power connector located on the top edge of the player immediately to the right of the SD card slot.  The connector jack is marked with a raised line.  You may play the Stream while it is charging.
4. Below the Power button on the left side are two up/down arrow shaped buttons to raise and lower the volume.  When the Stream is powered on you may also press the Power button to select to change the speed and tone settings using these same up/down buttons. To turn off the Stream, press and hold the Power button.

2 Quick Tour of Your Stream

If you turn the player on with no SD card loaded, it will automatically activate its Key Describer feature. The Key Describer announces each key on the front face when you press it.

2.1 Front Face:

At the bottom rounded end of the player are 3 keys. The center rectangular key is the Play/Stop. On its left is the Rewind key and on its right is the Fast Forward key.

Above Play/Stop is an oval shaped key that sets the auto shutoff Sleep timer. When not in Key Describer mode, press it multiple times to select the amount of Sleep time.

Above the Sleep key is a raised horizontal line and above that, a telephone style numeric keypad.

• Key 1: Press multiple times to select a bookshelf on your memory card. Press and hold to enter and exit the built-in User Guide.
• Keys 2/8 scroll up and down through a circular list of book navigation levels.
• Keys 4/6 move backward and forward through the elements at the chosen navigation level.
• Key 3 is the delete function (see User Guide).
• Key 5 announces your current reading position.
• Key 7 is the player configuration menu (see User Guide).
• Key 9 switches between text-to-speech and recorded playback modes (see User Guide).
• Key 0 provides book, player, and battery info. If you press and hold 0 it will also enter and exit Key Describer mode when a memory card is loaded.

• * key will interrupt or cancel certain operations. Pressing and holding this * key, will lock the keypad. To unlock press the 1, 2, and 3 keys in sequence.
• # key is used to confirm numeric entries or confirm certain operations.

Above the 1 key is the Goto Page key. It also serves as the Goto Heading and Goto Book key.

Above 3 is the Bookmark key. Pressing it multiple times rotates through the bookmark menu to insert, goto, browse, and delete bookmarks.

Above the 2 key is a power-on LED light indicator. This LED blinks when the Stream is powered off and recharging.

Above the LED on the top face are holes for the built-in speaker on the left and built-in microphone on the right.

2.2 Top Edge

· In the middle of the top edge is the slot for the SD memory card. See the User Guide for information on how to save books and files on the SD card.

· On the top edge left corner is a mini USB connector to connect the Stream to a PC using the long cable provided. A memory stick or USB book cartridge can also be connected to the player using the short cable provided.

· On the top edge right corner is the connector for the AC adapter.

2.3 Right Side:

· On the right side at the top is the headphones jack.

· Below it is an external microphone jack.

· Below that is a Record button. It has a raised dot and is located between two rough finger surfaces. See the User Guide for recording instructions.

3 Next Steps

You can try playing your first DAISY book by pressing and holding key 1.  This will start playing the built-in User Guide which is a structured DAISY book.  It will give complete information about using the player and setting up your books and files on an SD card.

Press the orange Play key now if you wish to replay this Getting Started guide.

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